Focus on the Global South

Focus on the Global South (Focus) "is a non-governmental organisation with twenty staff working in Thailand, the Philippines and India. Focus was established in Bangkok in 1995 and is affiliated with the Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute."

Core Funders 2005
Accessed August 2007:


 * 11.11.11 Belgium
 * ActionAid International Asia
 * Christian Aid, UK
 * CORDAID, the Netherlands
 * Development and Peace, Canada
 * Ford Foundation, USA
 * HIVOS, the Netherlands
 * Inter Pares, Canada
 * NOVIB, the Netherlands
 * Oxfam Australia
 * Oxfam GB, East Asia Regional Management Centre, Thailand
 * Oxfam HK, Hong Kong
 * Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), USA
 * Trocaire, Ireland
 * Boyd Reimer, Canada (individual funder)

''"We would like to acknowledge the generous support of the following organizations/individuals towards conferences and specific projects.
 * 11.11.11- Belgium
 * ActionAid Asia
 * Christian Aid
 * Earl R. Murphy
 * EED / Rede Sociale de Justise
 * Food First/Ford Foundation
 * Gund Foundation / IFG
 * Heinrich Boell Foundation
 * ICCO – Netherlands
 * INTER PARES
 * JMG Foundation
 * Novib
 * Oxfam Australia
 * Oxfam GB
 * PARC – Japan
 * Womyn's Agenda for Change

"In addition, the following organizations supported for staff or delegates travel costs for various events. Crisis Management Initiatives, DTP, e4Globe, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung -Thailand, Jubilee South, MSF-Belgium, RBF and University of Warwick.

People
Accessed August 2007:

Board Members

 * Walden Bello - Focus on the Global South, Bangkok, Thailand
 * Alejandro Bendana -Centro de Estudios Internacionales, Managua City, Nicaragua
 * Boua Chanthou - Padek, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
 * Jayati Ghosh -Centre for Economic Studies & Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
 * Somchai Homlaor -Internet Law Consultants Limited, Bangkok, Thailand
 * Kamal Malhotra -United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), New York, NY USA
 * Abdul Hameed Nayyar -Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan
 * Peter Rosset - Oaxaca, Mexico
 * Dita Sari - FNPBI, Jakarta, Indonesia
 * Suwattana Thadaniti -CUSRI, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
 * Nguyen Van Thanh -Center for Development Study and Outreach, Vietnam Peace and Development Foundation, Vietnam
 * Surichai Wun'Gaeo (Chair) - Center for Social Development Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
 * Yoon Youngmo - Korea Labour & Society Institute (KLSI), Seoul, Korea

Advisers

 * Victor P. Karunan -UNICEF Headquarter, New York, USA
 * Martin Khor -Third World Network (TWN), Penang, Malaysia
 * Amara Pongsapich -Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Staff

 * Afsar Jafri (from July)
 * Aileen Kwa (from September)
 * Anoop Sukumaran
 * Ben Moxham (to February)
 * Benny Kuruvilla
 * Brett Solomon (volunteer November-December)
 * Chanida Bamford
 * Dorothy Guerrero (from June)
 * Frederico Almeida (intern July to December)
 * Herbert Docena
 * Jacques-chai Chomthongdi
 * Joseph Purugganan
 * Jenina Joy Chavez
 * Julie Anne delos Reyes
 * Lou Torres
 * Mary Ann Manahan
 * Mary Lou Malig
 * Mayuree Ruechakiattikul
 * Meena Mennon
 * Neelam Dhanawade
 * Nicola Bullard
 * Praphai Jundee
 * Sajin Prachason
 * Shalmali Guttal
 * Sonila Shetty
 * Soontaree Nakaviroj
 * Varsha Berry
 * Walden Bello

Contact

 * Web: http://www.focusweb.org

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